Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi returned to Ancient Pool Village with Gu Tianxue and the three Village Elders, intending to discuss bringing villagers to Blue Star with Old Village Chief Gu Tianci. After visiting the Divine Pool and offering it Spiritual Fruits, Lin Yi watched Gu Tianci recognize Gu Tianxue and kneel to greet the Gu Family Main Line.

• Lin Yi showed Kong Shan Shui his Deputy Prefect Identity Jade Token, and Kong Shan Shui agreed to help replicate it after explaining the materials and risks involved.
• Lin Yi returned to Tianshui City, then traveled with Gu Tianxue and the three Village Elders to Ancient Pool Village to speak with Old Village Chief Gu Tianci.
• Lin Yi secretly checked Qin Changsheng’s talent and discovered his Purple-grade Novice Village Butcher growth talent, but he did not expose the secret.
• Lin Yi visited the Divine Pool, declined its Holy Water, and gave it Spiritual Fruits that filled it with joy.
• Gu Tianci emerged from seclusion, recognized Gu Tianxue, and knelt to greet the Gu Family Main Line.

Lin Yi had the Old Village Chief translate the ancient scroll and learned more about Black Abyss Cave, Prophet Wang, and its treasures. After connecting the scroll to the missing Profound Yellow Qi and Jin Hong, Lin Yi decided to transfer to Divine Sacrifice and drew the Golden Talent Spirit Attached Divine Body.

• Old Village Chief Gu Tianci explained Ancient Pool Village's origins and confirmed that Gu Tianxue belonged to its main branch.
• Lin Yi gave Gu Tianci a copy of the ancient scroll, and Gu Tianci translated its account of Prophet Wang, Black Abyss Cave, and the treasures hidden in its altar.
• Lin Yi speculated that the monster beneath Black Abyss Cave was Wang, and that Jin Hong had taken the Profound Yellow Qi and possibly the source of the Profound Wind.
• Lin Yi concluded that the Ancient Secret Realm contained Profound Yellow Qi, which could help professions break through to Class Six Star, and decided to become a Divine Sacrifice.
• Lin Yi replaced his talent and drew the Golden Talent Spirit Attached Divine Body.

Lin Yi completed the Divine Sacrifice profession change, studied Ancient Pool Village's inheritance, and celebrated his return with the villagers. His evening was interrupted by news of the Supreme Demon Domain's invasion, while defenders at the Second Tong Pass waited for reinforcements.

• Lin Yi completed the Divine Sacrifice ritual and learned about the village's inherited Divine Arts, Divine Talismans, and Divine Puppet techniques.
• Gu Yuan explained that Bai Xuan's Time Freeze was a legendary Rankless Divine Art, and Lin Yi decided to seek it from Bai Xuan.
• Lin Yi learned Divine Sacrifice skills, refined a Four-star Martial Artist laborer into a Divine Puppet, and left it to protect the Old Village Chief.
• Lin Yi celebrated with Ancient Pool Village, shared Demon Dragon Meat, and returned to his attic with Gu Tianxue, the Little Brat Wolf Cub, and Fatty Twelve.
• Lin Yi received a message that the Supreme Demon Domain had invaded and warned Gu Tianxue.
• At the Second Tong Pass, Zi Shanshui tried to reassure the assembled Martial Saints as they awaited other Deputy Prefects and reinforcements from Martial Saint City.

Zi Shanshui and Qian Xuan led the defense of the Second Tong Pass against an overwhelming Yao horde, but infighting and mounting losses caused the line to collapse. Qian Xuan died fighting a terrifying Heaven-Piercing Demon God as the city wall was overrun.

• Zi Shanshui ordered the defenders to hold the Second Tong Pass, then charged out to fight the Yao alongside more than a dozen Eight-Realm Martial Saints.
• An Eight-Realm Martial Saint was dragged into the horde and killed, while Tai Shang Zhou began retreating and neglecting his defenses.
• A Heaven-Piercing Demon God exploited the gap and stormed onto the city wall, devouring hundreds of City Guard Soldiers.
• Qian Xuan charged the Demon God with the Second Tong Pass and ordered nearby defenders to retreat.
• The Demon God severed Qian Xuan's arm, knocked away the dimmed Second Tong Pass, and swallowed him.

After Second Tong Pass suffered devastating losses in the Supreme Demon Domain’s surprise attack, Zi Shanshui prepared to defend it against a second assault while Lin Yi rushed to provide aid. The battle resumed with the defenders outnumbered and pressured by Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods, while Tai Shang Zhou used his Domain and sword art to cut down the attacking Monster Kings.

• Lin Yi searched Blue Star for the Witch and the Venerable Saint, then returned to the Apocalypse World and answered Zi Shanshui’s urgent call for reinforcements at Second Tong Pass.
• Zi Shanshui reported that Qian Xuan had died defending the pass and that more than half of its soldiers had been killed; she made the surviving fighters promise to hold their ground.
• Zi Shanshui challenged Tai Shang Zhou to lead the defense, and he agreed after the other Eight-Realm Martial Saints invoked his family’s reputation for killing Monsters.
• The Supreme Demon Domain launched a more organized second assault, and Zi Shanshui led the defenders against dozens of Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods.
• Tai Shang Zhou revealed himself atop the wall and used the Milky Way Domain and the Tai Shang Family’s Milky Way Sunset Sword Art to clear Monster Kings from the battlefield.

Second Tong Pass was nearly overwhelmed by the Monster army before Yu Ye arrived with the Tong Pass Guardians and other reinforcements, forcing the attackers to retreat. The surviving defenders learned that Venerable Saint and Deputy Prefecture Lord Wushi were absent, while help from the Nine-Realm Ancestors remained uncertain.

• Tai Shang Zhou charged three Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods but was quickly beaten and driven into retreat.
• The three Envoy Demon Gods debated whether to keep wearing down Second Tong Pass or breach it, with Bai Ze urging them to wait for negotiations until midnight.
• As Second Tong Pass’s defenses faltered, a Martial Saint Adjutant brought young Martial Artists to the walls and warned them to defend the city.
• Fu Feng, Qian Sanliang, Lei Buping, and the other Tong Pass Guardians arrived with Yu Ye and reinforcements, using their treasures to crush the Monsters and help the Eight-Realm Ancestors counterattack.
• The Monster army retreated after suffering heavy losses, but the defenders counted severe casualties, including two fallen Eight-Realm Martial Saints.
• Zi Shanshui revealed that Venerable Saint and Deputy Prefecture Lord Wushi were away, while Yu Ye could not guarantee that the Nine-Realm Ancestors would arrive to help.

With the Ninth Realm Ancestors absent, Zi Shanshui and Elder Qiu rallied the defenders to hold the Second Tong Pass against another Monster assault. As the battle turned desperate and a powerful Six-Armed Heaven-Piercing Demon God swallowed four Tong Pass Treasures, Lin Yi had still not arrived.

• Several Eight-Realm Martial Saints argued over whether to keep defending without Ninth Realm support, but Elder Qiu urged them to stand with Tong Pass and many agreed.
• Zi Shanshui and Yu Ye prepared for the coming attack, discussing the Treasure Combination Art and noting that Qin had not yet arrived.
• The Monster army attacked at night, and the Tong Pass defenders, including You Huoli and the Garrison Commanders, met them in battle.
• A Six-Armed Heaven-Piercing Demon God overwhelmed You Huoli, seized four Tong Pass Treasures, and swallowed them.
• Fu Feng rescued You Huoli from the demon's strike, and the two retreated toward Tong Pass while Fu Feng said the swallowed Treasures would not be easily corroded.

Lin Yi arrived at Second Tong Pass, rescued Lei Buping, and released strange beasts from Profound Wind Treasure Valley to turn the tide against the Monster army. After entrusting Fu Feng with the scroll, Lin Yi entered the sky battle and easily killed three Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods, leaving the others fleeing within his Domain.

• Lei Buping was knocked into the Monster horde, but Lin Yi arrived and saved him by raising a hundred-zhang mountain through the Yao God holding him.
• Lin Yi summoned the strange beasts from Profound Wind Treasure Valley, and they tore through the Monster army while the Garrison Commanders watched.
• Lin Yi gave Fu Feng the ancient scroll and charged toward the Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods battling overhead.
• Lin Yi used his Qiankun Yin Yang Domain and Blue-Purple Demonic Flame to kill one Heaven-Piercing Demon God, then dismembered two more.
• The remaining Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods fled from Lin Yi, who declared that none could escape within his Domain.

Lin Yi used his heaven-and-earth domain to suppress Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods and then pursued the Long-Necked Dragon-Head Demon God, whose father was the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy. He battled the Envoy with the Flame Lotus Li Fire Furnace, and the chapter ended with him still determined to kill the malformed Yao.

• Lin Yi killed three Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods and suppressed several more into the Spirit Vine World, quickly changing the battlefield.
• The black-cloud-and-fire Yao led more than ten Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods toward Lin Yi, but he disabled their Domains and captured them as they entered his range.
• Lin Yi pursued the malformed Long-Necked Dragon-Head Demon God toward the Monster army and attacked it with the Great Sun Li Fire Palm.
• The Three-Dragon-Head Envoy intervened and blocked Lin Yi's attack, then fought him with its Extreme Ice, corrosive-liquid, and black-lightning Domains.
• Lin Yi countered the Envoy with the Flame Lotus Li Fire Furnace, withstanding its full-force attack, then turned back toward the Long-Necked Dragon-Head Demon God.

Lin Yi annihilated the Long-Necked Dragon-Head Demon God and drove the Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods into retreat, but the Envoys unleashed the full Demon Army and attacked Tong Pass. As Lin Yi fought the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy and Giant Ape Envoy, the Gu Family Old Ancestor and Ancestral Saint arrived and confronted the Ram-headed Envoy.

• Lin Yi killed the Long-Necked Dragon-Head Demon God with the Flame Lotus Li Fire Furnace and scattered the Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods, capturing many with the golden Tong Pass.
• The Three-Dragon-Head Envoy argued with the Giant Ape Envoy before they and the Ram-headed Envoy sent the full Demon Army toward Tong Pass.
• Lin Yi directed the injured to recover and the able fighters to defend the city, then asked Zi Shanshui to gather the Tong Pass Treasures.
• Lin Yi met the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy and Giant Ape Envoy in battle while the defenders watched from Tong Pass.
• The Ancestral Saint and Gu Family Old Ancestor arrived and slaughtered Monsters, prompting the Ram-headed Envoy to confront them.
• The Gu Family Old Ancestor attacked the Ram-headed Envoy with her Yin-Yang Giant Hands, and the Ram-headed Envoy defended himself.

Lin Yi fought the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy and Giant Ape Envoy while negotiating over the Ancient Secret Realm’s slots and arranging to recover the missing Tong Pass Treasures. Qiu Heming went after the demon carrying four treasures, and Lin Yi’s Great Sun Li Fire Palm sent the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy crashing into a mountain.

• Lin Yi held off the two Envoy Demon Gods, who threatened to attack civilians if he used his Domain against them.
• The Giant Ape Envoy proposed a truce in exchange for Ancient Secret Realm slots, but Lin Yi demanded compensation before considering a ceasefire.
• The Giant Ape Envoy agreed to help the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy fight Lin Yi in exchange for World Force and a treasure from its Dragon Nest Poison Domain.
• Lin Yi traced the Eight-Armed Heaven-Piercing Demon God carrying four Tong Pass Treasures to an Underground Cave, and Qiu Heming volunteered to hunt it down.
• The Three-Dragon-Head Envoy and Giant Ape Envoy attacked Lin Yi together, but his Great Sun Li Fire Palm hurled the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy into a mountain.

Lin Yi returned to Second Tong Pass and helped the Ancient Domain forces defeat the Monster army, then joined the Ancestral Saint and the Gu Family Old Ancestor against the Envoy Bai Ze. Bai Ze revealed future threats and the Profound Yellow Qi in the Ancient Secret Realm, leaving Lin Yi furious that the Old Ancestor spared it for its information.

• The Three-Dragon-Head Envoy and the Giant Ape Envoy turned on each other while fleeing Lin Yi, who stopped chasing them and returned to Second Tong Pass.
• Lin Yi found reinforcements from Martial Saint City driving back the Monster army and entered the small realm to help the Ancestral Saint and the Gu Family Old Ancestor fight Bai Ze.
• Bai Ze asked Lin Yi to let it go and threatened to expose his Sequencer profession, but Lin Yi urged the others to make it surrender.
• Bai Ze claimed that Wushi had helped it foresee a future calamity in which Newborns led by Lin Yi destroyed the Ancient and Southern Domains, but Lin Yi dismissed the warning.
• Bai Ze revealed that Profound Yellow Qi in the Ancient Secret Realm could help them reach Class Six Star and said it had attacked Second Tong Pass to secure a Secret Realm Slot.
• Lin Yi attacked Bai Ze to avenge the fallen, but the Gu Family Old Ancestor blocked his strike and insisted that Bai Ze was still useful.

Lin Yi and the Gu Family Old Ancestor learned where Profound Yellow Qi could be found and discussed the powerful families competing for Ancient Secret Realm slots. After they returned to the ruined Second Tong Pass, five new Envoys of the Supreme Demon Domain arrived to negotiate, leaving the defenders facing another possible battle.

• The Gu Family Old Ancestor questioned the Ram-headed Envoy about Profound Yellow Qi sites, and Lin Yi recognized places it described from his Ancient Map.
• The Gu Family Old Ancestor explained that the Ancient Secret Realm might yield far more Profound Yellow Qi this time and revealed that several families, including the Qian Family, had hidden Ninth Realm Martial Saints.
• Lin Yi asked whether the Gu Family would support him against the Qian Family, but the Gu Family Old Ancestor said her family could not spare help.
• Tai Shang Zhou asked Grand Saint Granny to reward those who defended the Second Tong Pass as demon qi appeared on the horizon.
• Five new Envoy-level Great Fiends arrived and called for the leaders of Tong Pass, while Lin Yi stopped the Ram-headed Envoy from fleeing.
• Lin Yi learned from Qiu Heming that he was still pursuing the Eight-Armed Demon God and had not recovered the four Tong Pass Treasures.

Grand Saint Granny rejected the five Envoy Demon Gods’ demands, and the defenders debated whether to fight or bargain for help. Lin Yi revealed that he cultivated a Sequence Bearer inheritance as Qiu Heming arrived with four more Tong Pass Treasures, bringing their combination close to completion.

• Grand Saint Granny refused to hand over Ancient Secret Realm slots or Heaven and Earth Power resources, while the five Envoy Demon Gods threatened Tong Pass City.
• The Ancient Domain ancestors argued over whether to fight, and several questioned why the Qian and Tai Shang family ancestors had not arrived.
• Zi Shanshui proposed that the Ram-headed Envoy recruit the Three-Dragon-Head Envoy and the Giant Ape Envoy to help against the five newcomers.
• Lin Yi threatened the Ram-headed Envoy, which threatened to expose his identity, so Lin Yi admitted that he cultivated a Sequence Bearer inheritance.
• Qiu Heming arrived with four glowing Tong Pass Treasures, and Lin Yi prepared to test the divine artifact formed by all twelve.

Lin Yi united the twelve Tong Pass Treasures and learned they could draw on the Ancient Domain’s Earth Veins to defend it. He faced five Envoy-level Demon Gods at the Second Tong Pass as powerful figures watched from the distant void.

• The Nine Spirits Envoy led the demon army in an attack after the Ancient Domain refused to meet its demands.
• Lin Yi connected with the twelve Tong Pass Treasures, discovered their role in Gu Xianhe’s defensive formation, and gained the Artifact Spirits’ recognition as their new master.
• Grand Saint Granny gave Lin Yi the Purple Sky Thunder Pearl, and the Gu Family Old Ancestor joined him in facing the enemy.
• The Gu Family Old Ancestor drew away the Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods, leaving Lin Yi to confront the five Envoy-level Demon Gods alone.
• The Nine Spirits Envoy unleashed nine Domains that darkened the sky over the Second Tong Pass.
• Wushi, the Venerable Saint, the Tong Pass Prefecture Lord, and a mysterious man in a white Wizard Robe watched the battle from the distant void.

Lin Yi used his Qiankun Yin Yang Domain and the combined Seventeen Tong Pass Treasure to defeat and suppress the five Envoy Demon Gods attacking Second Tong Pass. He then turned the Divine Artifact on the monster army, leaving its countless Monsters captured as well.

• Venerable Saint and Mansion Master praised Lin Yi, while Wushi chose to let his disciple’s test continue.
• Lin Yi suppressed Nine Spirits Envoy’s nine Domains, destroyed one of his heads, and pinned him beneath the Great Sun Li Fire Hand Seal.
• When the other four Envoy Demon Gods attacked, Lin Yi combined the Seventeen Tong Pass Treasures into a Divine Artifact and trapped them within his hundred-mile Domain.
• Lin Yi’s combined Tong Pass Treasure destroyed Pine Wood Envoy, swallowed Dreamlike Envoy, and suppressed the bat-winged Honored Demon and the Last Great Demon Envoy.
• Lin Yi ignored Nine Spirits Envoy’s offer and sent him into the Tong Pass Treasure’s Suppression Space.
• Lin Yi used the Tong Pass Divine Artifact to capture countless Monsters from the army attacking the city wall.

Lin Yi crushed the Supreme Demon Domain’s assault on the Second Tong Pass and returned to the Spirit Vine World to process the captured Monsters for their Drops. After harvesting the weaker Monsters, he began carefully extracting valuable materials and refined power from the Yao Gods and Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods.

• Lin Yi suppressed five Envoy Demon Gods and routed the Monster army, while Wushi, Venerable Saint, the Mansion Master, and the white-robed Witch discussed his strength and whether he was a Newborn.
• Grand Saint Granny and the eighth realm Martial Saints considered invading the Supreme Demon Domain, but Lin Yi confirmed that the Tong Pass Treasures weakened beyond the Ancient Domain, and they abandoned the plan.
• After dawn, Zi Shanshui, Yu Ye, and the Tong Pass Guardians repaired the city wall as Lin Yi entered the Spirit Vine World to sort the captured Monsters.
• Lin Yi killed batches of Monster Kings below the Demigod level, collecting 329,000 green Drops and more than 107,000 blue Drops while keeping some Monsters alive.
• Lin Yi knocked out twelve Yao Gods and thirty-five Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods, then began extracting their valuable materials and refined power without killing them outright.

Lin Yi tortured and killed Nine Spirits Envoy, forcing the remaining Envoy Demon Gods to surrender and reveal secrets about the Supreme Demon Domain. He collected Jade Nectar Golden Liquid and used it to mend his foundation, then began refining the remaining drops to purify his True Qi and Spiritual Power.

• Lin Yi killed defiant Monsters and separated the five captured Envoy Demon Gods, promising that only two would survive if they proved their worth.
• Dreamlike Envoy offered her skills and seven Great Demon Domains, but Lin Yi crushed Nine Spirits Envoy with his palm and the Combined Tong Pass Treasure.
• Nine Spirits Envoy died and dropped Lion Heart Essence Blood, Chaos Nine Spirits, and a Lion Head, prompting the surviving Envoy Demon Gods to beg for mercy.
• Lin Yi questioned the four survivors about the number of Envoy Demon Gods, the path to six stars, and the origins of the Supreme Demon Domain.
• The four Envoy Demon Gods handed over twelve drops of Jade Nectar Golden Liquid, which Lin Yi used to repair his foundation and purify his True Qi and Spiritual Power.

Lin Yi killed two of the five Envoy-level Demon Gods he had captured, then controlled Dream Demon Venerable and Pine Wood Envoy with spirit seeds. As the battle’s rewards were discussed, he reviewed the many Monster talents he had copied and considered trying to draw a red talent before the group prepared to apply for places in the Ancient Secret Realm’s Core Area.

• Lin Yi learned that Dream Demon Venerable’s Great Demon Domain produced Jade Nectar Golden Liquid and chose to keep it alive alongside Pine Wood Envoy.
• Lin Yi beheaded Bat Eye Envoy and Hundred Demons Envoy, collected their Drops, and used Demon Taming Spirit Seeds to control Dream Demon Venerable and Pine Wood Envoy.
• Lin Yi reviewed thousands of newly copied Monster talents, including the red talents Auspiciousness Seeking and Misfortune Averting, Weapon Master, and Spirit Infusion Enlightenment.
• Grand Saint Granny reported the battle’s casualties and said she had secured the chance for anyone with more than 100 Merit Points to apply for a Core Area spot in the Ancient Secret Realm.

Lin Yi reviewed the rewards available for Merit Points as Ninth Realm Martial Saints arrived at Second Tong Pass to obtain Ancient Secret Realm Slots. He defended the lower-realm fighters from being pressured into surrendering their points, while Grand Saint Granny rebuked the families that had refused to help against the Monsters.

• Lin Yi saw that his 1,200 Merit Points far exceeded Zi Shanshui’s 126 and considered the exchange list, but found little worth trading for.
• Lin Yi failed to draw the red Talent Auspicious Evasion, exhausting Source Stones and breaking the Wish Incense Altar, and decided he needed to replace Burn Incense and Make a Wish.
• The Ninth Realm ancestors came to Second Tong Pass after losing their Ancient Secret Realm Slots and sought to buy or obtain Merit Points from other Martial Saints.
• Lin Yi told the ancestors they could trade for Merit Points but must not force anyone, then warned Zhen Changsheng that he could use the Twelve Tong Pass Treasures against him.
• Grand Saint Granny condemned the families for abandoning the defense against the Monsters and sharply criticized Tai Shang Lingyun and the Tai Shang Family.
• Lin Yi judged Tai Shang Lingyun to be calculating and resolved to be wary of him because of his poor relationship with the Tai Shang Family.